CLASS XII
HISTORY NCERT
Themes in
Indian History
PARTTWO
THEME EIGHT:
PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS ANDTHE STATE
PRESENTED BY: ARE
ARPITA PRAKASH

TIMELINE
LANDMARKS IN THE HISTORY oF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi, the Delhi Sultan
at Panipat, becomes the first Mughal emperor
1526
1530-40
First phase of Humayun's reign
Humayun defeated by Sher Shah
in exile at the Safavid court
1540-55
1555-56
1556-1605
1605-27
1628-58
1658-1707
1739
1761
Humayun regains lost territories
Reign of Akbar
Reign of Jahangir
Reign of Shah Jahan
Reign of Aurangzeb
Nadir Shah invades India and sacks Delhi
Ahmad Shah Abdali defeats the Marathas
in the third battle of Panipat
The diwani of Bengal transferred to the
East India Company
1765
Last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II,
deposed by the British and exiled to Rangoon
(present day Yangon, Myanmar)
1857